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C. D. & Co. forget that "out of sight is out of mind" and neglecting to 

 advertise systematically and keep in touch with swine exhibits, exhibitors 

 and breeders generally, soon find the current of trade diverted from the 

 fountain-head of their once distinguished herd and gone— they know not 

 where. 



By keeping up with the procession — keeping in touch with improved 

 methods and always doing justice by the patron, this last condition need 

 not prevail. 



But the kicker, pure and simple, is found in all the ranks of the swine 

 growing industry — from the farmer, who only grows swine for the mar- 

 ket, up to the professional breeder, we find many who are seeking some- 

 thing for nothing or cultivating their pessimism at every opportunity. To 

 overcome this tendency requires eternal vigilance and superior skill on 

 the part of breeders and shippers. 



The difficulty of putting on paper in language sufficiently explicit to 

 be fully and rightly understood by the other fellow and conveying cor- 

 rectly the ideas contained in the intellectual vision of the intelligent pur- 

 chaser, is one of the vexatious problems we confront. In evidence of this 

 how often do we have a detailed description of what is wanted and if by 

 chance the intending purchaser arrives on the scene to select in person 

 we find him selecting a type of animal differing materially from that of 

 the description. The intelligence conveyed through the eye seems to be 

 more accurate than that transmitted by language, or possibly we lack 

 the ability to express in words the perfect type so vividly stamped in our 

 occular vision. 



Words are sometimes meaningless, tautological, redundant, ambiguous 

 and almost absurd. The kicker is like the poor, "Ye will always have 

 him with you." We cannot eliminate him; we would not if we could. 

 He is a blessing in disguise. He serves a purpose. Possibly we all reap 

 somewhat from his pornicous sowing. He does with impunity that which 

 nobler manhood would not deign to do. "God made him, let him pass 

 for a man." — (Shakespeare.) 



DEVELOPMENT OF THE SWINE INDUSTRY OF IOWA. 



MK. W. M. LAMBING, OF CEDAB BAPIDS, IOWA. 



Mr. President and Members of the Iowa Swine Breeders' Association: 



Some weeks ago your worthy secretary informed me in writing that 

 he had scheduled me on his program for this meeting. He said my topic 

 would be "The Swine Development in Iowa." However, the program 

 reads, "Development of the Swine Industry of Iowa." Certainly this a 

 very large subject and one that I do not feel competent to handle in a 

 very thorough manner. While I have had a life experience in the breeding 

 of swine and nearly twenty-three years observation as a newspaper rep- 

 resentative among swine breeders of America, I have only recently learned 

 or realized how little I did know on this very important topic. 



Your secretary has not informed me as to whether he meant the de- 

 velopment of the pure bred swine industry, or of the general swine in- 



